Wappingers Falls eateries help displaced family

WAPPINGERS FALLS A community outpouring of generosity is helping one family displaced Thanskgiving by the collapse of Goring Hall in the village.

Joe Torres, 51, of the Town of Wappinger collected donations of gift certificates from local restaurants and eateries to help Janiece Velez and her two children. He presented the donations in a short ceremony this morning near the scene of the building collapse on Main Street in the Village of Wappingers Falls.

Though others were displaced by the collapse, Torres said he especially wanted to help the children affected by the tragedy.

The mother of the two children expressed her thanks upon receiving the handful of envelopes containing gift certificates and donations.

"It's overwhelming that everyone is coming out to help," Velez said. "They don't know me from a hole in the wall."

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Wappingers Falls eateries help displaced family

WAPPINGERS FALLS A community outpouring of generosity is helping one family displaced Thanskgiving by the collapse of Goring Hall in the village.